Stone Soup - Scholastic

1 67 Stone SoupAbout the TaleThis charming cumulative tale originated in Europe where it spreadfrom country to country. Many versions exist in French, Swedish,Russian, English, and a host of other languages. In it, a stranger (or agroup of strangers) comes to town and tricks the towns-folk intoadding a variety of vegetables to a pot, which contained hot water and asingle Stone . As you may have imagined, the resulting soup is rich,delicious, and plentiful enough to be eaten by one and all. Stone Soup is not only an engaging story, but also a gentle reminder of the greatbenefit of would Stone soup taste like without any vegetables? it fair or unfair of the soup-maker to trick the people of thevillage into adding their vegetables?

2 Lesson does this story teach us?Notable RetellingsBStone Soupby Marcia Brown (Aladdin, 1997). Originally publishedin 1947, this wonderful Caldecott-Honoree still stands the test Soup by Jon Muth ( Scholastic , 2003). In this richly illustratedversion, the story in transplanted from Europe to wartorn Soup by Tony Ross (Puffin, 1990). Get silly with this rib-ticklingtake starring a crafty hen and gullible ReproducibleFocus Skills:Comprehension, Critical and CreativeThinking, WritingDistribute copies of the reproducible on page invite each child to write the directions formaking Stone Recipe for Stone SoupWhat would you put in Stone soup? Add it on the line. Then, write the directions for making it.

3 Name _____Scholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 6868 Feeds: A villageIngredients: Stone Cabbage Carrot Ear of corn Beans _____Directions for making: _____Stone SoupLevelGWord Count261 Vocabularybroth, cabbage,sniff, villageSupportive Featuresrepetitive, patterned text; few lines of text per pageChallenging Featuresconcept of tricking the villagers, dialogueComprehensionUse this book with theComprehension Quilt on page cand g: nice,place,except,once,danced; village,giant,cabbageWritingInvite children to write a summary of the story. Itshould be no longer than four sentences and shouldtell about the main children chorallyread the story as volunteers act it out.

4 As analternative, have childrenuse the story s dialogue towrite and perform a playversion of the & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide Scholastic Teaching ResourcesMy Recipe for Stone SoupWhat would you put in Stone soup? Add it on the line. Then, write the directions for making the soup. Name _____68 Feeds: A villageIngredients: Stone Cabbage Carrots Corn Beans _____Directions for making: _____Stone SoupFolk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide Scholastic Teaching ResourcesScholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 69 The soup cooked and cooked. Finally, it was ready. Everyone ate a big bowl. This is delicious! they all said. From then on, the people in the villageshared.

5 And their very favorite thing toshare was Stone soup! Stone SoupA retelling by Kama Einhorn Illustrated by Necdet Yilmaz31416 One day a visitor came to town. Hello! Does anybody have food to share? he asked. NO! said everyone. Scholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 70 ABThe soup made them so happy that theydanced and sang all night upon a time, there was a village. It was a nice place to live except for onething. people did not like to share. 134215 That s OK, said the visitor. I will makestone soup for everyone. Then he took a Stone and dropped it into a giant pot. A girl brought beans and put them in the Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 71 Then the visitor said, I once had Stone soupwith cabbage and carrots and corn.

6 It was delicious! That gave one man in the village an brought a cabbage and put it in the pot. Then the visitor said, I once had stonesoup with cabbage and carrots and cornand beans. It was delicious! The visitor sniffed his broth. Some peoplecame outside to see what he was watched from their Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 72 CDThen the visitor said, I once had Stone soupwith cabbage and carrots. It was delicious! Mmmm, I love Stone soup. The only thingbetter is Stone soup with cabbage! said the woman brought carrots and put them in the boy brought corn and put it in the pot. double- sided copies of themini-book pages.(You should havetwo double-sidedcopies for each one.)

7 2. Cut the pages in halfalong the dashed Position the pages so that the letteredspreads (A, B, C, D) are face up. Placethe B spread on top of the A , place the C and D spreads ontop of those in Fold the pages in halfalong the solid sure all the pagesare in the proper them togetheralong the book s Me! said the dog. Me! said the cat. Me! said the upon a time, a little red hen decidedto plant some wheat. Who will help me plant this? she I will just have to bake it by myself, saidthe little red hen. I will just have to plant it by myself, saidthe little red Not me! said the dog. Not me! said the cat. Not me! said the long, all the wheat was ground.

8 Who will help me bake this into bread? asked the little red Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 35 I will just have to grind it by myself, saidthe little red hen. I will just have to cut it by myself, saidthe little red hen. Not me! said the dog. Not me! said the cat. Not me! said the long, all the wheat was tall. Who will help me cut this? askedthe little red long, all the wheat was cut. Who will help me grind this? askedthe little red hen. Not me! said the dog. Not me! said the cat. Not me! said the LittleRed HenA retelling by Violet Findley Illustrated by L ynne CravathMaking the Mini-BooksScholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 33 Before long, all the bread was baked.

9 Who will help me eat this? askedthe little red hen. No! Because you did not help, I will justhave to eat this bread by myself, saidthe little red hen. And so she did, with jam on top!The LittleRed HenA retelling by Violet Findley Illustrated by Lynne Cravath31416 Not me! said the dog. Not me! said the cat. Not me! said the see, they were all quite lazy. No! Because you did not help, I will justhave to eat this bread by myself, saidthe little red hen. And so she did, with jam on top!The LittleRed HenA retelling by Violet Findley Illustrated by Lynne Cravath16 Scholastic Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide page 33 Before long, all the bread was baked.

10 Who will help me eat this? askedthe little red Not me! said the dog. Not me! said the cat. Not me! said the see, they were all quite Badge ReproduciblesLet me read_____ .to you! Let s read_____ .together! Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide Scholastic Teaching ResourcesComprehension QuiltAnswer each question in the story quilt to tell about the story that you just read. Title of Story:_____23 Who were the main characters?Where did the story take place?How did the story make you feel?How much did you like the story? I give this story ____ magic _____Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers Teaching Guide Scholastic Teaching Resources